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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Romance
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Release:
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Director:
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Howard Deutch
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Actors:
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Annie Potts,
Andrew Dice Clay,
Alexa Kenin,
Emily Longstreth,
Jamie Anders,
Bader Howar,
Molly Ringwald
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Harry Dean Stanton,
Jon Cryer,
James Spader,
Andrew McCarthy,
Jim Haynie,
Kate Vernon,
Margaret Colin,
Gina Gershon
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Duration:
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97 min.
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Rating:
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(6.3/10)117
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Plot Summary:
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A rich teen (Andrew McCarthy) asks an unpopular scholar (Molly Ringwald) to the senior prom, creating problems among their segregate circles of friends.
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Tags:
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Pretty in Pink
Molly Ringwald stars in one of the few 1980s teen movies that transcends kitsch. Born on the wrong side of town she falls for doll-faced rich boy Andrew McCarthy, to the dismay of both his friends and hers
Fresh from directing Ringwald in The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, John Hughes took a back seat, content to write and produce this old-fashioned tale of love across the wage bracket.
Andie (Ringwald) lives with her washed-out Pa, (Dean Stanton) and makes ends meet working in the local record store, source of the movie's memorable new wave soundtrack. Along with pal Duckie (Cryer) she's subject to endless abuse from the town's wealth- obsessed elite and the pair's thriftstore chic serves as a badge of defiance. Then nice boy Blane (McCar...
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